Tu Tan Zhai 涂炭斋 — The Taoist Penitential Retrea...
Tu Tan Zhai 涂炭斋 is the most physically demanding penitential retreat in the Taoist tradition — 36 days across three primordials, performed outdoors with yellow earth smeared on the forehead,...
Tu Tan Zhai 涂炭斋 — The Taoist Penitential Retrea...
Tu Tan Zhai 涂炭斋 is the most physically demanding penitential retreat in the Taoist tradition — 36 days across three primordials, performed outdoors with yellow earth smeared on the forehead,...
She Gong Xu 设供虚 — The Taoist Rite of Setting Of...
She Gong Xu 设供虚 is a Taoist ritual act of setting offerings for an absent or unseen presence — a deity, an ancestor, or a wandering soul — through the...
She Gong Xu 设供虚 — The Taoist Rite of Setting Of...
She Gong Xu 设供虚 is a Taoist ritual act of setting offerings for an absent or unseen presence — a deity, an ancestor, or a wandering soul — through the...
Cheng Fu Zhai 成福斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...
Cheng Fu Zhai 成福斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the first day of the tenth lunar month — the same date as the traditional Cold Clothes Festival —...
Cheng Fu Zhai 成福斋 — The Taoist Retreat Observed...
Cheng Fu Zhai 成福斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the first day of the tenth lunar month — the same date as the traditional Cold Clothes Festival —...
Bai Fu Zhai 百福斋 — The Taoist Retreat of a Hundr...
Bai Fu Zhai 百福斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the La Day of the twelfth lunar month — later fixed as the eighth day, coinciding with the Laba...
Bai Fu Zhai 百福斋 — The Taoist Retreat of a Hundr...
Bai Fu Zhai 百福斋 is a Taoist purification retreat observed on the La Day of the twelfth lunar month — later fixed as the eighth day, coinciding with the Laba...
Wu Lian Zhai 五炼斋 — The Taoist Retreat of Fivefo...
Wu Lian Zhai 五炼斋 is a Taoist purification retreat of fivefold refinement, documented in the Yunji Qiqian and the Zhengtong Daozang. Oriented toward the 炼化 (refinement) of body and soul,...
Wu Lian Zhai 五炼斋 — The Taoist Retreat of Fivefo...
Wu Lian Zhai 五炼斋 is a Taoist purification retreat of fivefold refinement, documented in the Yunji Qiqian and the Zhengtong Daozang. Oriented toward the 炼化 (refinement) of body and soul,...
Hou Wang La 侯王腊 — The Fifth Taoist La Day and t...
Hou Wang La 侯王腊 is the fifth of the Five Taoist La Days, observed on the first day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day practitioners set pure offerings,...
Hou Wang La 侯王腊 — The Fifth Taoist La Day and t...
Hou Wang La 侯王腊 is the fifth of the Five Taoist La Days, observed on the first day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day practitioners set pure offerings,...